ZAVCXL0006 - Debian

Introduction

This is the configuration page for the Debian Testing/Buster 10 partition on ZAVCXL0006.

Configuration Files

All configuration files can be found here.

Installed Applications

Common applications

See Common configuration for Linux.

Essential

Application (package, repo Repository)	sudo apt-...
Application (package)	[YYYY-MM-DD] Update to vX.Y TBC

Local

Thunderbird (thunderbird)	Use Maildir as data store [1]: set pref mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID to @mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1 Add-on Virtual Identity
uptimed (uptimed)	Enable email in /etc/uptimed.conf -SEND_EMAIL=0 +SEND_EMAIL=1
uptime cron	crontab -l | grep uptime # 00 12 * * * echo "$(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'): $(uname -v): $(uptime)" >> ~/uptime.log

Uninstalled

Application (package)

[YYYY-MM-DD] Update Additional configuration settings

System Settings

1st install	TBC
File system	TBC
Network	TBC
Preferences	TBC
Miscellaneous	TBC

Printers

Canon MG5300

Go to http://localhost:631, select add printer:

• Don't pick the driverless driver (the printer connection must start with dnssd://...
• Next, find the correct printer model, and don't pick the driverless driver.

Issues and To Do

Issues

See Common Issues.

To Do

• To Do — Description

Done

• Done — Description

Stability

uptime

• We use uptimed (queried via uprecords), and our own crontab script that writes to ~/uptime.log

uprecords -a -B
# uptimed: no useable database found.
#      #               Uptime | System                                     Boot up
# ----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------
# ->   1     3 days, 11:58:25 | Linux 4.19.0-2-amd64      Sat Mar 16 21:12:05 2019

cat ~/uptime.log
# 20190320-090357: #1 SMP Debian 4.19.16-1 (2019-01-17):  09:03:57 up 3 days, 11:51,  1 user,  load average: 0.75, 0.92, 0.89